Friday, February 27, 2009

God's License Plate

Get used to it. I'm a U2 fanatic. The new album is coming out next week. So, more U2 musings. One of the songs is called, "Unknown Caller." The meaning of the song is clear...for those who have ears to hear. Bono calls Jeremiah 33:3 God's phone number--"Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." Other followers of Christ have called "Jer 333" God's license plate. Bono loves the verse so much that on the cover art to their 2001 album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind," they photo-shopped J33-3 as a gate in their picture in Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. Well, one of the lines of Unknown Caller is:I was lost between the midnight and the dawningIn a place of no consequence or company3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock faceSpeed dialing with no signal at all

Clearly a reference again to Jer 33:3 (obviously there is no time on the clock of 33:3 so he had no choice but to use 3:33). It's a call to get quiet before the Lord and listen to Him in prayer. Read all the lyrics...

Sunshine, sunshineSunshine, sunshine

Oh, ohOh, oh

I was lost between the midnight and the dawningIn a place of no consequence or company3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock faceSpeed dialing with no signal at all

Go, shout it out, rise upOh, ohEscape yourself, and gravityHear Me, cease to speak that I may speakShush nowOh, ohForce quit and move to trash

I was right there at the top of the bottomOn the edge of the known universe where I wanted to beI had driven to the scene of the accidentAnd I sat there waiting for me

Restart and re-boot yourselfYou're free to goOh, ohShout for joy if you get the chancePassword, you enter here, right now

Oh, ohYou know your name, so punch it inHear Me, cease to speak that I may speakShush nowOh, ohThey don't move or say a thing